| Kate Wolf | Across the Great Divide | Close To You | Kaleidoscope |
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| W.C. Handy | Muscle Shoals Blues | Memphis Blues Band | Memphis Archives |
| Marc Cohn | Walking in Memphis | Marc Cohn | Atlantic |
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| Brian Bowers | Zen Gospel Singing | By Heart | Flying Fish |
| Bruce Cockburn | Soul of Man | Nothing But a Burning Light | Columbia |
| Lucy Kaplansky | This Morning I Am Born Again | Reunion | Red House |
| Jim Infantino | Cut Off Your Head | Titanic | Gadfly |
| Pete Morton | Heartland | Courage, Love, and Grace | Flying Fish |
| Peter Mayer | The String | Bountiful | Silent Planet |
| John McCutcheon | Somos El Barco | Mail Myself to You | Rounder |
| Cris Williamson | Waterfall | The Changer and the Changed | Wolf Moon |
| Taj Mahal | Giant Step | Like Never Before | Private Music |
| Bruce Cockburn | World of Wonders | World of Wonders | MCA |
| Harry Sheraer | Your Brain on Drugs | It Must Have Been Something I Said | Rhino |
| Jay Unger and Molly Mason | Relax Your Mind | Relax Your Mind | Angel |
| The Band | I Shall Be Released | The Last Waltz | Warner Bros. |
| Alan Senauke | Always Keep a Diamond in Your Mind | Everything Is Broken | Sonic Zen |
| Paul Simon | Diamonds on the Soles of Their Shoes | Live in New York City | Hear |
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| The Foremen | Everyman (for himself) | Folk Heroes | Reprise |
| Lou and Peter Berryman | How We Can Sleep At Night | Rocky Frontier | Cornbelt |
| Joni Mitchell | Dog Eat Dog | Dog Eat Dog | Geffen |
| Jackson Browne | How Long | World in Motion | Elektra |
| Pops Staples | World in Motion | Peace to the Neighborhood | Pointblank / Charisma |
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| Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby | The Way It Is | Cluck Ol' Hen | Skaggs |
